Viajero wrote:
- Users blocked by Jimbo tend to stay unblocked
- Wik gets blocked and unblocked a lot
- Raul really wants to block Plautus
- Not one "block" citing a Committee decision
Ok, these blocks haven't been strictly by the book, but there isn't one I think that was truly uncalled for and calls into question the judgement of the concerned admin. Let's keep in mind the *spirit* not just the *letter* of the law for a moment. As for Wik, it is not like a variety of people haven't put substantial effort into encouraging him to change his ways. In vain of course; he is incorrigible.
I want to second this, and make sure that there's no misunderstanding about where *I* am coming from. I think that the blocks are not evidence of sysops acting in bad faith, and my campaign against vigilantism should not be taken as a disapproval of any particular block.
It's just that we're going down a path of nearly daily blocks of logged in users that are contrary to our established precedents, and we ought to be very cautious about that.
Rest assured, I am not forgetting that these people who are being blocked *are* pains-in-our-asses.
--Jimbo